2014-07-21 file transcribed 2020-04-07 file updated NOTE: WRITTEN IN SUSIE'S HANDWRITING] [Page] 4 of 41 - PDF Document [Page] 2 of Research Log [Interview with my Aunt Lillie Warren obtained about 1972. Aunt ] [Lillie gave us the names of some of her siblings. ] 1. Myrtebell Blake - Lawson Barnett 2. Pearl 1. Birdie - Mark England #1 [SEE NOTE #A] #2 Miller #3 McCloud 3. Boy Rufus #2 Omy Harris [SEE NOTE #B] # Lill Harmon no child divorced d. June 1970 4. Ernest -- [NOTE #A ] [Aunt Pearl Blake was married 3 times. ] [While writing this information, Susie wrote a "1" after Pearl's ] [name to write the name of Pearl's first husband which she ] [thought was "Birdie." ] [ ] [Later, Aunt Lillie explained that it was Pearl's given name, ] ["Bertie Pearl", and her 1st husband was Mark England. ] [ ] [ ] [NOTE #B ] [Explanation for sibling #3. ] [His legal name was "Rufus Boyd Blake" but he had no first name. ] [When he was born his parents simply called him "Boy." ] [He chose the name "Rufus" when he was old enough to talk but his] [father continued to call him "Boy." By the time he was grown, ] [he had changed this to "Boyd." ] [ ] [Rufus was married twice. His first wife, Lil Harmon, had no ] [children. They divorced and Uncle Rufus married Omie Harris. ] [Rufus and Omie were parents of 9 children. ]